RARE NUMBER 4: 7 Sept 1843 EL from Grays Inn to Beverly bearing a single four margined (vertical crease) 1841 1d JL tied by a fine number 4 in Maltese cross. The rarest of all the numbers SG £2,800. (Image)

FIRST & LAST MONTHS - MARCH 1843 AND MAY 1844 USES - 22 Mar. 1843 (No. 3), 23 Mar. 1843 (No. 1, the second recorded day), 23 Mar. 1843 (No. 5?, the second recorded day), 28 Mar. 1843 (No. 2), and 30 Mar. 1843 (No. 2). 2 May 1844 (number 3), 4 May 1844 (number 6), 7 May 1844 (number 6), 9 May 1844 (numbers 2 & 10) and 15 May 1844 (number 10?), plus 3 May 1844 piece with two 1d reds cancelled with number 2. Stamps all three margin or less, and/or creased. (11 covers, 1 piece) Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV (Image)

1843/44 MIXED NUMBERS COVER GROUP - inc. No. 1 on Mar. 1844 EL to Ludlow with "BROADWAY/WESTMINSTER" alongside, No. 6 tying two 1d reds to Jan. 1844 late fee cover and on Nov. 1843 E to Preston 2d blue cover, and No. 9 tying two 1d reds to Ludlow cover. Enormous SG, though very mixed condition. (9)Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, 1841 2d BLUES (Image)

NUMBERS 6 to 9 cancelling three/four margined 1841-54 1d reds (No 7 creased) on covers. Fine complete strikes. SG £1,900. (Image)

NUMBER 5 CROSS - LATEST RECORDED DATE OF USE - E to Abingdon franked with four margin 1d red, LL plate 39 with part inscription at right, just tied by No. 5 in MX and with London DS for 14 May 1844 on the flap. One of two known on this latest date. Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image)

NUMBER 9 CROSS - ON EARLY 2d BLUE COVER - 4 Apr. 1843 EL to Truro with ID plate 3 2d blue, just shaved on three sides & clear on the base, tied by No. 9 in MX and London ds on the flap. Early date for a 2d blue; earliest recorded date of this number on the 1d red is 1 April. SG £3200. Cross Reference: 1841 2d BLUES (Image)